CVE-2011-4131
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
The NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly handle bitmap sizes in GETACL replies, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by sending an excessive number of bitmap words.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4079)
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4079 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bf118a342f10dafe44b14451a1392c3254629a1f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081280.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1541.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/12/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747106
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf118a342f10dafe44b14451a1392c3254629a1f
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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